Magnetic Resonance Imaging Compatible Mobile Computing Device

1. A mobile computer for use in a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) environment during a MRI scan, the mobile computer comprising: a housing having an opening; a display visible through the opening in the housing; a user interface operative to generate a signal corresponding to a desired operation of the mobile computer; a printed circuit board including a memory device and a processor in communication with the memory device, wherein the processor receives the signal from the user interface; and at least two shielded cavities within the housing, wherein the at least two shielded cavities include: a first non-ferrous, conductive surface having a first outer periphery, a second non-ferrous, conductive surface having a second outer periphery, and a plate mounted within the housing between the first non-ferrous conductive surface and the second non-ferrous conductive surface, a first conductive material positioned between the first non-ferrous, conductive surface and the plate defining a first shielded cavity, and a second conductive material positioned between the second non-ferrous conductive surface and the plate defining a second shielded cavity, wherein: the printed circuit board is located in the first shielded cavity, and the display is located in the second shielded cavity.

2. The mobile computer of claim 1 wherein: the housing includes a front cover and a rear cover, the rear cover includes the first non-ferrous, conductive surface of the first shielded cavity, the plate has a first metallic surface, the printed circuit board is mounted to the first metallic surface of the plate, and the plate is mounted within the housing such that the first metallic surface of the plate faces the rear cover.

3. The mobile computer of claim 2 wherein: the plate has a second metallic surface opposite the first metallic surface, the display is mounted adjacent to the second metallic surface of the plate, the mobile computer further comprises a display shield configured to be positioned over a viewing surface of the display, the display shield includes a conductive material disposed therein and configured to extend over the viewing surface of the display, and the second non-ferrous, conductive surface of the second shielded cavity is defined by the conductive material of the display shield.

4. The mobile computer of claim 3 wherein the plate includes a recess in which the display is positioned and the second conductive material extends between the second metallic surface of the plate and the display shield.

5. The mobile computer of claim 3 wherein: the user interface is a touchscreen interface positioned on the display outside of the second shielded cavity, and a shielded cable extends between the user interface and the printed circuit board in the first shielded cavity.

6. The mobile computer of claim 5 further comprising a conductive film positioned over the touchscreen interface, wherein an outer periphery of the conductive film is in contact with an outer periphery of the conductive material of the display shield defining a third shielded cavity around the touchscreen interface.

7. The mobile computer of claim 1 further comprising: an antenna mounted within the housing external to the at least two shielded cavities, and a shielded cable extends between the antenna and the printed circuit board in the first shielded cavity.

8. The mobile computer of claim 1 further comprising a battery pack located within the at least two shielded cavities, the battery pack including a plurality of batteries.

9. A mobile computer for use in a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) environment during a MRI scan, the mobile computer comprising: a housing having an opening; a display visible through the opening in the housing; a printed circuit board including a memory device and a processor in communication with the memory device; a first shielded cavity, including: a first non-ferrous conductive surface, and a second non-ferrous conductive surface, wherein: the first shielded cavity is defined by a volume contained between the first and the second non-ferrous conductive surfaces, and the printed circuit board is mounted within the first shielded cavity; a second shielded cavity, including: a third non-ferrous conductive surface, and a fourth non-ferrous conductive surface, wherein: the second shielded cavity is defined by a volume contained between the third and the fourth non-ferrous conductive surfaces, and the display is mounted within the second shielded cavity; a first conductive material positioned between the first non-ferrous conductive surface and the second non-ferrous conductive surface, wherein the first shielded cavity is defined by the volume contained between the first non-ferrous conductive surface, the second non-ferrous conductive surface, and the first conductive material; and a second conductive material positioned between the third non-ferrous conductive surface and the fourth non-ferrous conductive surface, wherein the second shielded cavity is defined by the volume contained between the third non-ferrous conductive surface, the fourth non-ferrous conductive surface, and the second conductive material.

10. The mobile computer of claim 9 wherein the first conductive material is a first conductive gasket.

11. The mobile computer of claim 10 wherein the second conductive material is a second conductive gasket.

12. The mobile computer of claim 9 wherein the second non-ferrous conductive surface is the same as the third non-ferrous conductive surface.

13. The mobile computer of claim 9 further comprising a plate inserted within the housing, the plate including a first conductive surface and a second conductive surface, wherein: the second conductive surface is opposite the first conductive surface, the first conductive surface of the plate defines the second non-ferrous conductive surface, and the second conductive surface of the plate defines the third non-ferrous conductive surface.

14. The mobile computer of claim 9 further comprising: a touchscreen interface positioned on the fourth non-ferrous conductive surface outside of the second shielded cavity and aligned with the display inside the second shielded cavity, and a shielded cable extending between the touchscreen interface and the printed circuit board in the first shielded cavity.

15. The mobile computer of claim 14 further comprising a conductive film positioned over the touchscreen interface, wherein the conductive film and the fourth non-ferrous conductive surface define a third shielded cavity around the touchscreen interface.

16. The mobile computer of claim 9 further comprising: an antenna mounted within the housing external to the first and second shielded cavities, and a shielded cable extending between the antenna and the printed circuit board in the first shielded cavity.

17. The mobile computer of claim 9 further comprising a battery pack located within the first shielded cavity, the battery pack including a plurality of batteries.

18. A mobile computer for use in a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) environment during a MRI scan, the mobile computer comprising: a housing having an opening, wherein a first shielded cavity and a second shielded cavity are defined within the housing; a display located in the second shielded cavity and visible through the opening in the housing; a user interface operative to generate a signal corresponding to a desired operation of the mobile computer; a printed circuit board located in the first shielded cavity, the printed circuit board including a memory device and a processor in communication with the memory device, wherein the processor receives the signal from the user interface; a means for preventing interference between an MRI scanner conducting the MRI scan and the display in the second shielded cavity; and a means for preventing interference between the MRI scanner and the printed circuit board in the first shielded cavity.

19. The mobile computer of claim 18 wherein a third shielded cavity is defined within the housing, the user interface is a touchscreen interface located in the third shielded cavity, and the mobile computer further comprises a means for preventing interference between the MRI scanner and the touchscreen interface in the third shielded cavity.